{"product_id":"the-last-tycoon-9781668047996b","title":"The Last Tycoon","description":"\u003cb\u003e*With a new introduction by bestselling and iconic novelist Haruki Murakami*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s final unfinished novel is now restored to the original 1941 text, with updates by Fitzgerald scholar James L. W. West III.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen F. Scott Fitzgerald died in 1940, he left behind an unfinished draft of this poignant novel, inspired by his own experience working in Hollywood as a screenwriter. Literary critic Edmund Wilson edited Fitzgerald’s notes and material to publish this text of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Tycoon\u003c\/i\u003e in 1941. Now, this edition restores Wilson’s editorial work and includes an introduction from celebrated author Haruki Murakami. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSet in Hollywood in the 1930s, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Tycoon\u003c\/i\u003e tells the tragic story of a young film producer named Monroe Stahr. Exploring themes of ambition, power, and corruption, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Tycoon\u003c\/i\u003e depicts Stahr’s struggle to balance his personal life and professional goals with the challenges of running a successful movie studio. Based on the career of real-life producer Irving Thalberg, the head of MGM who was known as Hollywood’s “boy wonder”, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Tycoon\u003c\/i\u003e is a sharply observed and bittersweet exposé of the glittering excess of the Hollywood film industry in its prime.","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42869957427280,"sku":"9781668047996B","price":7.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781668047996-l.jpg?v=1785881535","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/the-last-tycoon-9781668047996b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}